So I go away for a few hours and the whole world changes? Apparently Barack Obama has made a decisive move to fill out his cabinet and we are about to witness three appointments: Tim Geithner at Treasury, Hillary Clinton at State, and Bill Richardson at Commerce. All three come steeped in experience on Capitol Hill and the U.S. Government. However, all three are fairly safe picks too. Whether this is change we can believe in is only time will tell. At a minimum, we know that Obama is going to make swift and reasoned if conventional decisions as President.
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Geithner is the man at Treasury, Richardson and Clinton also in
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Bonus quote of the day: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Oct
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This comes from the Huffington Post:
“Jobs, baby, jobs.”
Cartoon: Glass ceiling
Sep
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This comes from Larry Wright of the Detroit News via the Moderate Voice
New York magazine exposes Clinton in private
Jun
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A great article in New York magazine exposes what the Clintons really think about Obama, his campaign and the media. Given the animosity between the two camps, the choice of Patti Solis Doyle as Obama’s VP chief of staff spells trouble for an HRC VP nod. Solis Doyle, one of the top Hispanic women [...]
The Clinton-Obama Divide
Jun
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A map I caught at Time Magazine shows that the Clinton-Obama divide has much less to do with ‘white working class people’ and MUCH more to do with regional preferences. If you look at this map, what you see is that the margin of Obama victory is greatest in Democratic leaning areas and the [...]
Young Hillary Clinton
Jun
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I’m sorry, but this video is too funny not to post. Thanks, Carol.
As I predicted: On June 4th Hillary Rodham Clinton abandons race
Jun
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As I predicted a few weeks ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton has abandoned the race for the President of the United States today. I was right by sheer luck more than skill, but there it is.
Here’s the story:
Hillary Clinton will abandon her White House bid at the end of the week and throw her support [...]
The Democratic Primary: Three Alternate Views
Jun
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I have been reading Hillary Rodham Clinton’s biography by Carl Bernstein entitled “A Woman in Charge.” The book has been very effective in terms of allowing me a more nuanced view of HRC after I started to become disappointed with her campaign tactics. As a result, I tend to ascribe largely positive motives [...]
Hillary Rodham Clinton ran a good campaign
Jun
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Up until Hillary was forced to re-calibrate because of Obama’s phenomenal success and to start denigrating the Senator from Illinois, she had run a good campaign. In my estimation, Clinton did a much better job than she is given credit for. I was turned off by her negative campaign style after Obama pulled [...]
What awaits Hillary back in Washington?
May
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When Hilary Rodham Clinton is finally forced off the campaign trail after her last ditch attempts to become President of the United States, the question is what awaits her. Will it be Senate Majority leader, eventual New York Governor, Supreme Court Justice?
Well, according to a very sobering article from Time Magazine, what awaits her [...]
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